CASE STUDY : 2

• NAME OF THE PROJECT : JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC

RESEARCH
• CATEGORY : RESEARCH INSTITUTE BUILDING
• ARCHITECT :
LOCATION
APPROACH:  Approach to the Jawaharlal
Nehru centre for advanced
scientific research Bangalore
Karnataka architectural case
study is from 1 sides along.

 the road is 2way road with

width 9 mts wide.

 The site surroundings contains

residential layout and taxi
stand.
CASE STUDY 2:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• THE LAYOUT OF THIS NEW CAMPUS, THE TRADITIONAL RENUNCIATION OF THE

WORLD BY THE RISHI (HOLY MAN) IS HERE SYMBOLISED BY A LONG CURVING WALL,
BUILT OF GRANITE BLOCKS, WHICH ENCIRCLES A FOREST IN THE CENTRE OF THE
SITE.

• THE VARIOUS FACILITIES PROVIDED (RESEARCH LABORATORIES,

LECTURE HALLS, LIBRARY, RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION, ETC.)
ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL
• SO THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR STUDIES AND RESEARCH,
THE SCIENTISTS (TRULY THE NEW RISHIS!) CAN STEP THROUGH
THE PERFORATED GRANITE WALL, INTO THE FOREST.

• IN A SECOND PHASE, AN ADDITIONAL SET OF RESEARCH

LABORATORIES HAS BEEN ADDED, CONNECTED TO THE MAIN
BUILDING BY A GEODESIC DOME, CELEBRATING THE 'BUCKY BALLS'
WHICH CONSTITUTE THE STRUCTURE OF CARBON ATOMS

• THE RAIN WATER WAS COLLECTED IN A LAKE AND WAS USED FOR
GARDENING.
CASE STUDY 2:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
CASE STUDY 2:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
CASE STUDY 2:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
ADMIN BLOCK /ACADEMIC BLOCKS / HOSTEL/SITE PLANNING(PHASE 1)

Architect : CHARLES CORREA

Planning concept : Inter-linked courtyards and passage

surrounded by programmatic element .

Year of construction : 1994

AMRL/SECURITY OFFICE/AUDITORIUM/ HOSTEL/SITE PLANNING(PHASE 2)

Architect : SANJAY MOHE

Planning concept : cental courtyards

Year of construction : 2008

CASE STUDY 2:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
ADMIN BLOCK /ACADEMIC BLOCKS
A LONG CURVING WALL, BUILT OF GRANITE BLOCKS, WHICH ENCIRCLES A FOREST IN THE
CENTRE OF THE SITE.

THE COLUMN WERE HUGE ABOUT 1.5M IN LENGTH AND BREADTH WAS ABOUT 40CM.

THE LONG LENGTH COLOUMNS WERE USED TO CUT DOWN THE SOLAR RADITAION AND
THESE WERE USED IN COORIDORS .

BRUTALISM WAS FOLLOWED ( EXPOSED STONE WALL)

MAXIMUM SPACE WAS LIT BY NATURAL LIGHT(SKY LIGHT, CORROIDOR AND CENTRAL
COURTYARD.

PERGOLAS OF HOLLOW CIRCULARS STEEL SECTIONS WERE PROVIDED FOR PLAY OF LIGHT

EXPOSED GEODESIC DOME USED ABOVE THE SPILLOUT AREA DEPICTING CARBON ATOMS

SERVICES LINES WERE EXPOSED.

CASE STUDY 2:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
PAULING BLOCK/

THE CENTRAL AND INTER LINKED COURTYARDS ARE PROVIDED.

THE LONG LENGTH COLOUMNS(90CM X 23CM) WERE USED TO FOR LONG SPANING.THESE WERE USED IN CORRIODER.

MAXIMUM SPACE WAS LIT BY NATURAL LIGHT(SKY LIGHT, CORROIDOR AND CENTRAL COURTYARD.

PERGOLAS OF HOLLOW CIRCULARS STEEL SECTIONS WERE PROVIDED FOR PLAY OF LIGHT

SERVICES LINES ARE RECESSED.

INTERIOR HUGE SYKLIGHT WAS USED IN SPILLOUT SPACE.

SERVICES
 Security : CCTV Cameras
Security room

 Fire : Fire extinguishers

 Water supply : RAINWATER harvested lake.

Municipal water.
Overhead storage tank.

 Electrical : Transformer ,Generator was provided in separate block

 Vertical : Ramps, staircases

transportation